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TESTAMENT: A Tale Of Three Drummers

TESTAMENT will be utilizing the services of regular drummer Jon Allen (SADUS) for the first two dates of their The 2003 Metal Gods North American tour at the House of Blues in Chicago, Illinois on April 25 and at The Agora in Cleveland, Ohio on April 26. Starting on May 2 at B.B. King's in ...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer Offers Update On European Tour, Upcoming CORNERSTONE Album

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN singer Doogie White has posted the following update to his official web site, www.doogiewhite.co.uk: "The cancellation of the remaining German shows really pissed us all off. We were really on a roll and to have something like this happen took the wind out of our sails. However we p...

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GREAT WHITE Singer Breaks Silence: 'Words Cannot Express Sorrow We Feel'

GREAT WHITE frontman Jack Russell has issued a statement thanking the group's fans for their support since the tragic Rhode Island club fire on Feb. 20 that claimed the lives of nearly 100 people. The statement reads as follows: "Dear Friends, "I could not keep silent for one more night. I have been...

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GREAT WHITE To Perform Live For First Time Since Rhode Island Tragedy

GREAT WHITE members will make their first live appearance since last month's tragic club fire in Rhode Island on Thursday, April 17 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Beverly Hills, California. All proceeds from the gig will benefit The Baby Longley Fund, set up on behalf of the unborn child of late GREAT WHI...

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STAR ONE: 'Live On Earth' Track Listing Announced

STAR ONE, the project led by AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen (ex-BODINE, VENGEANCE),will issue a live CD and DVD recorded during the band's recent Intergalactic Space Crusaders European tour. In addition to Lucassen, the group's touring lineup included drummer Ed Warby (AYREON, STAR ONE, GOREFEST)...

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DEF LEPPARD Drummer Organizes Benefit In L.A.

DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen and the staff of his Raven Drum Foundation have organized a special event called "Soul Of The Drum" on Saturday, March 15 in North Hollywood, California. According to LEPPARD's official web site, "Soul Of The Drum" is a workshop, ceremony, benefit show and celebration,...

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CORNERSTONE Prepare To Enter Studio

CORNERSTONE, the project featuring ROYAL HUNT bassist Steen Mogensen and ex-RAINBOW/current YNGWIE MALMSTEEN vocalist Doogie White, are in the process of finishing up the songwriting process for the group's third album, tentatively due in the fall. "[Steen and I] have never worked so closely before...

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Former ANTHRAX Guitarist To Perform With MEAT LOAF At BBC TV Special

Former ANTHRAX guitarist Paul Crook will appear with MEAT LOAF at a special concert on Tuesday, March 4 at The Vanderbilt Theatre on Long Island, New York. The one-off gig, which will feature opera singer Russell Watson and MEAT LOAF performing together, will be recorded for an upcoming BBC TV speci...

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GREAT WHITE Singer Hasn't Yet Testified in Club Blaze

GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell has not formally requested immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony and hasn't testified before the grand jury, his lawyer said Saturday, according to the Associated Press. Russell, the lead singer of the band whose pyrotechnics sparked a deadly nightcl...

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SPIRAL ARCHITECT Singer Joins ARCTURUS!

SPIRAL ARCHITECT singer Øyvind Hægeland has joined Norway's ARCTURUS as a replacement for Kristoffer Rygg (a.k.a. Garm, a.k.a. Trickster G.). The revamped band are currently rehearsing for upcoming shows and a new album, which may or may not turn out to be a mini-CD as opposed to a full-length relea...

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BORKNAGAR Drummer To Join TESTAMENT

TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson has posted the following update to the band's official web site, www.testamentlegions.com: "Hello fans! "Latest news regarding the European 'No Mercy Festival' we are about to embark on in April. Due to [TESTAMENT/SADUS drummer] Jon Allen's personal family issues, h...

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Attorney: GREAT WHITE Singer Wants Immunity

A lawyer for GREAT WHITE frontman Jack Russell said the singer is asking for immunity from prosecution before agreeing to testify to a grand jury investigating last week's tragic nightclub fire in Rhode Island, according to Billboard. "We'll be there [Friday]," attorney Neil Philbin, who represents...

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GREAT WHITE Record Sales Get Slight Boost Following Concert Tragedy

GREAT WHITE albums have been selling at a better-than-normal pace since the band's deadly club fire in Rhode Island last week. The Boston Herald reports that sales on GREAT WHITE CDs have doubled, from about 20 a month before the blaze to about 40 now at the 25 stores that make up the Newbury Comics...

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GREAT WHITE Concert Death Toll Reduced By One

The death toll in last week's nightclub fire in Rhode Island was reduced by one to 96, and all the victims have been identified, the governor said Thursday. Gov. Don Carcieri said the final toll was determined after the medical examiner finished examining all the remains. It wasn't immediately clear...

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GREAT WHITE Called Before Rhode Island Grand Jury

The surviving members of GREAT WHITE have been subpoenaed to appear for questioning before a Rhode Island grand jury, according to CNN. Criminal charges may be filed in connection with the band's pyrotechnic fire disaster that killed 97 people, including guitarist Ty Longley, during a performance la...